Substance Abuse series – LSchreiber
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PublishedJune 30, 2010
From death’s door, an addict finds his way home
Dustin Johnson started using marijuana and alcohol when he was 11 or 12 years old. At 17, he got into cocaine and crack. From there, he ended up on heroin and other narcotics. “It ended up getting really bad,” Johnson said recently at his home in Surry. “It was daily, for about six and a half or seven years. I was really bad. I had a $300- or $400-a-day habit and it just ended up getting worse and worse.” Jo...